Take pledge to abide by Republic

We are celebrating 63 rd Republic Day with all pomp and show. We became Republic on January 26, 1950. It means a political system or form of government in which people elect representatives to exercise power for them. We celebrate Republic Day every year since January 26, 1950 on this day.
On this auspicious Day, we display our military prowess and assess our military strength in the presence of the supreme commander of our army the President of India. It shows how hard our military personnel of all the three wings of our army keep vigil on the nation to keep its unity and integrity intact. The display of our military prowess on Republic Day shows that if ever the enemy cast its eyes on us, we are prepared to give befitting reply.
Our Constitution was implemented on January 26, 1950 and we became a republic. It establishes the rule of law and vests sovereignty in the people of India. Our Constitution bestows on every citizen of India the right to franchise i.e. right to vote after attaining the age of 18 years. Our fundamental right is enshrined in our constitution. It is a rule book by which our elected representatives exercise power for us.
Our Constitution makers have kept the interest of every citizen of India safe and intact. Our Constitution is considered to be the best in the world. It is because all the best features from the constitution of different countries of the world have been incorporated in our constitution.
Republic Day must make all the political representatives aware of their constitutional responsibility and they must adhere to the rule of law without violation of any constitutional norms. They must also take pledge to keep the interest and feeling of every community of India intact.
Constitution has given us right to free speech. On the one hand we celebrate 63rd Republic Day with gusto and enthusiasm, the world renowned writer of Indian origin Salman Rushdie has not even been allowed to address the distinguished literary gathering at Jaipur Literary Festival being held in Jaipur. The international literary award winning writer was first opposed to participate in the literary festival by top Islamic seminary Darool Uloom of Deoband because his book The Satanic Verses has been alleged to have blasphemous content towards Islam. Though the book had already been banned in India in 1989 just a year after its publication, the right to expression has been choked at world famous Jaipur Literary Festival under pressure from a community in pursuit of getting its vote in the elections. The essence of our Republic has been crushed by none other than our elected representatives who are in power in Rajasthan. Rushdie had to cancel his address to Jaipur Literary Festival through video link because of the inability of the Rajasthan Government to provide security at the festival venue. This type of incident where right to speech is throttled under the pressure of vote bank politics completely violates the right which we have got the day we became Republic. We must pledge on 63rd Republic Day to abide by our Constitution in all matters of affairs.